Cycle-support.



' A, LINDE,R. WELDE, E. FIGKLEMZ R RODERWALD 938,065. .Pt 1; a o @261909 UNITED STATQES PATENT OFFICE.

ARNOLD DINDE, or DEUREN, RICHARD wnLDn AND nRNs'r FICKLER, orirArNsBERG, AND RUDOLF RoDERwALD, or DREsDnN, GERMANY.

CYCLE-SUPPORT.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application led August 14, 1907. Serial No. 388,528.

938,065. Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom 'it may concern: legs a, o lying concealed within it. Inthis Be it known that we, ARNOLD LINDE, of position of the parts thehead i is held by Deuben, RICHARD IVELDD andERNsT FIOR the spring h inthe upperenlargement c, LER, of Hainsberg, and RUDOLF RODERWALD, andthus prevents the legs dropping out. of Dresden, all in the Kingdom ofSaxony, When the cycle is to be supported, the German Empire, and allsubjects of the stud k must be depressed, whereby the head i GermanEmperor, have invented certainv is released, so that the slide 7 can bepushed 60 new and useful Improvements in Oycle-Supdown the tube a untilthe head z' snaps into ports, of which the following is a specificai theenlargeme t CZ, the legs then protruding tion. as shown in *ig 4. Owingto the end c The subject of our invention is an imbeing iiared, the legswill splay gradually proved supportor stand for cycles, comprisinsteadof abruptly snapping open, as would e-head i hinders 7c is deotherwisebe the case; recession of the legs until the stud pressed.

To prevent theft of the cycle, the bolt Z can be protruded below thespring h by means of the key. With the parts in this position it isimpossible to depress the stud le, so that the head z' is locked in thelower enlargement Z and prevents retraction of the legs.

Having thus described our invention, ber or casing to be attached to thecycle what we claim as new and desire to secure frame, Fig. 2 is a sideview thereof, Fig. 3 by Letters Patent is# is a side view of the slidepart with the legs A cycle support, comprising in combinain operativeposition, and Fig. 4f is a side tion, a tubular member having a flaredview of the device in operative position, atlower end and a longitudinalslot presenting tached to a cycle, only the rear part of which terminalenlargements, a y recessed slide l0- is shown. cated in said tubularmember and having The outer portion ot' our improved propspring-actuated pivoted legs, a spring whose consists of a tube a or"rectangular or any one extremity is secured to the slide while othersuitable cross section, presenting a its other extremity is-locatedopposite the tlared lower extremity e, and having a longislide-recessand presents a minor portion tudinal slot terminally widened at c, d.adapted to engage in the body of the slot Intothis tube a there isinserted a slide f,

and a major portion adapted to snap into having a recess g, covered by aflat spring h. the terminal enlargements only of the slot, At the end ofthe latter there is an annular head z' adapted d,

and a bolt pivoted in the recess of the slide to fit the enlargements o,and adapted to be protruded below the free of the slot in the tube c,and tapped to receive a screw stud 7e.

i extremity of the spring and to lock it in The extremity of the slide fis ing a tubular portion to the cycle frame, sliding within the eitherslot-enlargement and thus prevent furnished with a bolt Z, whichmovement of the slide, substantially as decan be protruded below thespring 71, by

scribed. means of a suitable key m. The opposite In testimony whereof weaiiix our signaextremity of the slide f has a tongue, to turesinpresence of two witnesses. which the two leos a o are pivoted. These Tlegs :told snuglybtogether. They are auto- ARB OLD LINDE' maticallysplayed bysprings p, p, the extent of opening being limited byjthe edgesof the RUDOLF RODERVALD grooved portion g of the slide f.

The part a is permanently 'fastened in any Witnesses:

suitable manner to the down-tube and back- PAUL ARRAS,

stays of the cycle, the slide: with retracted CLARE SiMoN..

